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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Current round: $35mm in Series C (extension of Series B at higher valuation) from General Atlantic, Matrix Partners. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are. Time will tell.

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May Business Angels Spread Their Wings Over Kenya?

Transformify

The founding of M-Pesa in 2007 inspired many young people to undertake entrepreneurial risks. Having a great idea is just the beginning, the execution, network, funding and the support are key. The next step would be to secure funding. Mbwana Alliy Founder and Managing Partner at Savannah Fund.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

techcrunch.com

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. AngelList also partnered with SecondMarket to create an investment vehicle for these investments. Life360, A Family Networking App With More. Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch.

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What is Marketing Strategy and How Do I Get One 5 :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

Or maybe it involves creating and communicating a special pricing plan, designed to secure early renewals and lock in a longer renewal term. Maybe that involves a customer appreciation program to reach out to every existing customer personally at least 120 days before their contract comes due. Therefore, they become your marketing strategy.

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Cracking The Code: Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud.

Cracking the Code

Platform as a Service (PaaS) is the service and management layer of the cloud platform, and is evolving dynamically to include things such as intelligent provisioning, as well as application and network management. 2 comments: Peter Cohen Managing Partner, SaaS Marketing Strategy Advisors. ► 2007. (10). at 7:42 PM.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking. The Past (1985-2002).

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

You have been 2,950 to visit the site in 2007 and you looked at 3,920 pages. Looking back at 2007, I wanted to give a quick overview of the investments I have been involved with, since I have not blogged about any of them yet. This has proven to be true in 2007 and we will see how resilient these trends are in a recession.